• ISBN13: 9789381017708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Zubaan
• Publisher Imprint: Zubaan
• Publication Date: November 16, 2012
• Pages: 258
• Original Price: INR 395.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 250 grams

Published in 1899, Muhammad Hadi Ruswa's famous novel "Umrao Jaan Ada" created a sensation when it came out. But few know that a month after the author wrote "Umrao Jaan Ada", he penned a sly novella entitled "Junun-e-Intezar". This title features both the Urdu original and an English translation of this novella.

Muhammad Hadi Ruswa (1857-1931) was an Urdu poet and writer of fiction and plays as well as scholarly works on religion, philosophy, and astronomy. Krupa Shandilya is assistant professor of women's and gender studies at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Taimoor Shahid is an independent scholar and translator. He works on Urdu literature, archival research, and South Asian cinema.